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Remember Josué Abarca? Former Costa Rica youth World Cup player heads to another World Cup, but not in football Image: Instagram Josué Abarca
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Remember Josué Abarca? Former Costa Rica youth World Cup player heads to another World Cup, but not in football

From La Nación · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Former Costa Rican footballer Josué Abarca retired at 23 after what he describes as poor decisions.
  • He later developed a passion for video games and is heading to another World Cup outside football.

Josué Abarca left football at just 23, but his competitive career is taking him toward another World Cup, this time through video games.

Abarca, a former Costa Rican World Cup player, had footballing talent but acknowledges that he made poor decisions during that period. After retiring from the sport, he found a new passion in gaming.

The brief account presents his move from football to video games as the path to his next World Cup appearance, without adding further details about the event or his role.

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Originally published by La Nación in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.